{{Africa will need 900 new airliners by 2031, vice-president of sales at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Van Rex Gallard, said on Monday.}}<\/p>\n
He said he saw growth in four areas — northern Africa, East Africa, South Africa and West Africa.<\/p>\n
Growth in East Africa was also booming, with major industry players coming from Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.<\/p>\n
Gallard said Ethiopia had committed itself to growing the aviation sector, and it viewed the industry as a tool to boost its economy.<\/p>\n
“They have the full support of the government. Their goal is to have a very strong hub in that part of the world. The same could be said about Kenya.”<\/p>\n
South Africa has seen more than 10 airline companies go under in the past 21 years, the latest being 1Time, which was granted provisional liquidation earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Other nations whose aviation industries were on the rise were Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n
Africa had enjoyed growth of five percent over the past few years, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes forecast annual growth of 5.6% for the next 20 years.<\/p>\n
Gallard said a total of 850 Boeing 787 Dreamliners had been sold since the aircraft was first launched. About 50 had been bought or leased by African carriers.<\/p>\n
The growth of the aviation industry in Africa was the result of intra-continental trade, which was on the rise, Gallard said.<\/p>\n
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